“I should emphasize that the value of Iran’s exports of oil, condensates and oil products is higher than the figures envisaged in the budget bill …,” Khatibi said.

OPEC is an intergovernmental organization that was created at the Baghdad Conference in September 1960, by Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Later it was joined by nine more members, including Libya, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Algeria, Nigeria, Ecuador, Angola, and Gabon.

OPEC was headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland before moving to Vienna, Austria, in September 1965.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Aras Free Trade Zone joined the World Free Zones Federation according to an agreement signed by between the AFTZ and the World Federation of Free and Special Economic Zones (FEMOZA).

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Ukrainian side refuses to appoint representatives to specialized departments of the Contact Group on settlement of situation in East Ukraine, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) envoy to Contact Group Denis Pushilin said on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Units of the Syrian army on Tuesday crushed a number of terrorist groups’ hideouts, including that of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, killing many of them.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chinese Ambassador to Iran Pang Sen called for the further expansion of cooperation between Beijing and Tehran, and underlined the significance of the bilateral ties and their contribution to the promotion of regional and global stability and security.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi underlined that Britain should make hard efforts to erase its previous hostilities and mischievous acts from Iranians' memories to be able to restore its relations with Tehran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The family of Tamir Rice, including his mother Samaria Rice, and their attorneys Benjamin Crump and Walter Madison will respond to a legal document characterizing Rice's death as his own fault.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A cross party-group of British MPs has called for an end to the indefinite detention of migrants, warning that too many people are being unnecessarily detained, sometimes for as long as four years, under an "ineffective and unjust" system, media report said.